World development report 2009: Reshaping economic geography/ World Bank.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington: World Bank, 2009Description: xxiii, 383 p. ill. ; 27 cmISBN: 9780821376072Subject(s): Economic geographyDDC classification: 330.9Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 330.9 WOR/W (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P06387 |
Overview --
Introduction: place and policy --
Geography in motion --
GIM 1: overcoming distance in North America --
GIM2: Overcoming division in Western Europe --
GIM3: Distance and division in East Asia --
GIM4: Density, distance, and division in sub-Saharan Africa --
Density --
Distance --
Divisions --
Scale economies and agglomeration --
Factor mobility and migration --
Transport costs and specialization --
Concentration without congestion: Managing an integrated portfolio of places --
Utility, not uniformity: Policies to integrate lagging and leading areas --
Winners without borders: Integrating poor countries with world markets.
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